Thanks LaT! I really appreciate the compliment. I guess I'm a symbolism geek. The show just works so well at that level! I always look forward to your comments.
You're right about Clark and Lionel--he really couldn't care right then! That IS kind of great. gnat!Lionel!
Like you I was really relieved to see that Lex has been following Lionel's activities a lot closer than indicated earlier. It's a relief after Lex's apparent hopelessness in eps like Fanatic and so on. The Lionel-Lex power struggles are back on, and that's very exciting! I can't wait for the showdown.
The Jonathan-hagiography was one of the most interesting things about this episode. I found it really convincing, especially since Lana and Lex have also done this with their lost parents. I agree that it's not necessarily a bad thing, especially since in comparison to Lex and Lana, Clark is using Jonathan's iconified memory as a moral compass. norwich36 pointed out that Lex loses his mother's watch (and rejects her as moral compass) and Lana's memory of her parents is simply an image--not a moral compass. In comparison, Clark has something constructive to carry forward. That the image is not the *true* Jonathan no longer matters. It's very interesting because I think this happens in real life a lot, even if people would rather not acknowledge it.
Re: part I
You're right about Clark and Lionel--he really couldn't care right then! That IS kind of great. gnat!Lionel!
Like you I was really relieved to see that Lex has been following Lionel's activities a lot closer than indicated earlier. It's a relief after Lex's apparent hopelessness in eps like Fanatic and so on. The Lionel-Lex power struggles are back on, and that's very exciting! I can't wait for the showdown.
The Jonathan-hagiography was one of the most interesting things about this episode. I found it really convincing, especially since Lana and Lex have also done this with their lost parents. I agree that it's not necessarily a bad thing, especially since in comparison to Lex and Lana, Clark is using Jonathan's iconified memory as a moral compass.